March 1Mar 1 54 minutes ago, Ray Proudfoot said: Early Access is a new thing and users pay their money and take their choice. Early Access started on Steam in 2013, hardly "new" 🙂 Pico Neo3 Link VR - Windows 11 64bit, Gigabyte Z590 Aorus Elite Mobo, i7-10700KF CPU, Gigabyte RX 9070 XT OC 16gb (AMD GPU), 32gig Corsair 3600mhz RAM, SSD x2 + M.2 SSD 1tb x1 Saitek X45 HOTAS - Saitek Pro Rudder Pedals - Logitech Flight Yoke - Homemade 3 Button & 8-directional Joystick Box, SNES Controller (used as a Button Box - Additional USB Numpad (used as a Button Box)
March 1Mar 1 On 2/28/2026 at 1:52 AM, Farlis said: I can't confirm. I tested it for you just now and compare it to the arrivals I see on FR2024. I have my arrivals set to 8. I currently see 7 Aircraft lining up to final in real life. In the sim it's 4 and a 5th has just landed. That seems about correct for a setting of 8. I'm using the payware version of RPLL together with the enhancement file found on flightsim.to and have set my traffic to the winter schedule. Hmm ok. I don't have my traffic on winter but I can try that next time. It just seems that Asia in general is not at all busy even with the sliders at 10 Marco D'Agostino
March 1Mar 1 On 2/28/2026 at 3:54 AM, Fiorentoni said: Uh all my airports are busy? Have been in a queue of 8 aircraft before takeoff yesterday at VHHH. If you hop on the Discord, we can take a look at your case. Is your traffic on the winter setting? Marco D'Agostino
March 1Mar 1 On 2/27/2026 at 4:03 PM, knich said: Can't say I agree fully. I think it is hit or miss. I have all 3 models installed and max aircraft and I still feel like traffic is slow at times when it shouldn't be at big airports. Sometimes there aren't even a lot of parked airplanes. Love the addon but I do hope they can make that more realistic. I haven't tried BATC in the u.s as I use PSXT. But when I do, it's in areas where PSXT doesn't have good coverage, like the Philippines, china, and South Korea. Those airports just didn't appear to have that many movements even with the sliders at 10 Marco D'Agostino
March 1Mar 1 2 hours ago, Ray Proudfoot said: I agree it's extremely difficult and explains why so few are available and in a decent state. Knowledge of trig is essential. Then you have phraseology for FAA and ICAO areas. I suppose that info might be available on the web these days. 20 years ago it wasn't. Yes, I agree it's a choice. What I disagree with having to pay extra for a program that's probably less stable. I'm sorry but there is. Alpha testing is usually done by the developer and new features can be added. Beta testing is where bugs are fixed and crucially, no new features are added. Release Candidate is available to buy and may include more obscure bug fixes. No new features. "Early Access" is something that never existed 20 years ago. Developers just never went down that path. Yes, I remember it but never tried it. I suspect the developer bit off more than he could chew or perhaps personal circumstances made it impossible for him to continue. Not responding to support requests did for him. Is the aircraft movement on the ground just as difficult to implement? Such as how fast they taxi, turn and how fast they stop for example. Or even how they land and takeoff Marco D'Agostino
March 1Mar 1 We've been paid "beta testers" since 2020. So what? If you don't enjoy the hobby, there's always checkers. 😀 AIF Edited March 1Mar 1 by CFIJose MSFS
March 1Mar 1 12 minutes ago, simsuper80 said: Is your traffic on the winter setting? Yes. Of course typical holiday airports like on the Greek Islands are deserted, but big hubs (especially those in regions where there's no real "winter") should be as busy as always For transparency: I'm a community mentor at the BATC discord. However, I do not get paid for it in any way.
March 1Mar 1 3 hours ago, Fiorentoni said: Alright I don't feel like joining the argument here between a site mod and the rest of the guys, just saying again that help can be found on Discord. You can also just tag me directly there (same username as here) and I can work that out with you in a separate thread. I'm not a dev, but a "power user" for 2 years and community helper, so I've seen a lot of things and quickly see the patterns. Appreciate the help. Honest question, my last flight just had the logs filled with "the application panicked" or something similar (I started a new flight and lost it). Next flight is perfectly fine, so whatever it was, it is intermittent. Is there anything that can be done with this intermittent kind of error? Next time it happens, I can post in the discord, but this doesn't seem like the kind of thing that can be fixed. Plus, I may as well wait for this new update to become the official release. As a software developer, I know it isn't worth debugging an old build that's only going to get replaced. ------------------------- Craig from KBUF
March 1Mar 1 3 minutes ago, Fiorentoni said: Yes. Of course typical holiday airports like on the Greek Islands are deserted, but big hubs (especially those in regions where there's no real "winter") should be as busy as always Hmm. Ok. I could check again Tonight and see what it looks like at RPLL or VHHH. VHHH definitely wasn't busy enough to have a line of planes for takeoff when I last checked. Marco D'Agostino
March 1Mar 1 I paid ($60) for EA and love it. It is $30 for lifetime product. BATC has regular updates and the product has improved with each update. It is not a final product. They are also responsive in discord. I just hope they can eventually sync ATIS with Activesky. AS works great with it otherwise.
March 1Mar 1 Moderator 14 minutes ago, simsuper80 said: Is the aircraft movement on the ground just as difficult to implement? Such as how fast they taxi, turn and how fast they stop for example. Or even how they land and takeoff No point asking me. I use Radar Contact v4 in P3D and it’s excellent. Ray (Cheshire, England). System: P3D v5.3HF2, Intel i9-13900K, MSI 4090 GAMING X TRIO 24G, Crucial T700 4Tb M.2 SSD, Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Hero, 32Gb Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000Mhz RAM, Win 11 Pro 64-bit, BenQ PD3200U 32” UHD monitor, Fulcrum One yoke, Fulcrum Throttle Quadrant. Cheadle Hulme Weather website.
March 1Mar 1 3 minutes ago, Ray Proudfoot said: No point asking me. I use Radar Contact v4 in P3D and it’s excellent. Ah ok. Never used it. It's strictly ATC, not a traffic injector right? Edited March 1Mar 1 by simsuper80 Marco D'Agostino
March 1Mar 1 7 minutes ago, simsuper80 said: Ah ok. Never used it. It's strictly ATC, not a traffic injector right? Yes, because it's an ancient dead program with no relevance in 2026 🙂 Works for P3D. If you are stuck with that for some reason, I suppose you can use it. 9800X3d, 4090, 64 GB DDR5 6000 RAM, 4 TB NVME (2x2), 4K Ultra + Framegen
March 1Mar 1 37 minutes ago, knich said: I paid ($60) for EA and love it. It is $30 for lifetime product. BATC has regular updates and the product has improved with each update. It is not a final product. They are also responsive in discord. I just hope they can eventually sync ATIS with Activesky. AS works great with it otherwise. I just decided to get BATC last night and had a hell of a time getting it working. Not exactly my fault or BATC's, since it was a network security issue. Once resolved, I got it to connect. So, I've used ASFS since it first came out and had been wondering this morning about how to use the two together and what limitations there were. Near as I can tell, BATC doesn't draw from ASFS, so they don't really work together? I sometime fly live and sometimes with historical weather for time shifting, and sometimes beyond the 24 hours the MSFS gives as an option. So, since I can upload weather to Simbrief from ASFS, that's what I do. Any pointers on how to use ASFS and BATF together, or what the pitfalls are?
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